Murder at Brainteaser Mansion #3

Five guests, Mr. Rose, Ms. Tulip, Sir Daisy, Lord Pansy and Miss Lily, were all invited to an exclusive party at Brainteaser Mansion. However, during the long, dark night, the owner of the spectacular mansion, Mr. Death, was found dead in his office. The trouble is, every member of the party went into his office, each at a different time, with a different weapon, motive and clue that incriminated them. From their statements below, can you work out who killed him?

Mr. Rose's statement: "I didn't do it. I never left a footprint because a woman did. I entered the room before the person who took in the poison. I must say though, she was in there for a quarter of an hour before someone else went in!"

Ms. Tulip's statement: "Okay, I admit it! I took in the revolver, even though my motive wasn't revenge. A man entered the room after me and his motive was either rage or blackmail."

Sir Daisy's statement: "All I know is, I did leave a fingerprint, but that doesn't explain why Miss Lily lost a hair, does it? Oh yes! The person who entered seventy minutes before me took in the lead pole."

Lord Pansy's statement: "I entered after a woman, who did not take in rope because the last person to visit him did. I was in there for more than thirty-five minutes confronting Mr. Death with my motive, which, may I say, wasn't greed or blackmail."

Miss Lily's statement: "Yes, you caught me! My motive was jealousy, but it wasn't as bad as that man's blackmail motive, who entered at five minutes past nine. I entered before another man who left the incriminating clue of the blood drop."

The person who entered the room at half past ten is the real killer. Who did it?

I enjoyed the twist to the clues, although I found it pretty easy. When I got to the end, all I had to do was look up the either clue, and it was done :D But great work, very enjoyable. Thank you for your efforts!

Haha, I LOVED how that one was written. It was pretty easy for me, I only had to go through the clues once, but I love how you twisted it like that. At first, I had to check the teaser section to make sure I wasn't taking a Mystery teaser! :lol:

I think it is incomplete and poorly worded as this puzzle can not be solved without using the grid solver, coz I was trying to do so. There is no mention of 'dagger' and 'note' at all in testimonials and I was desperately looking for 5th murder weapon and 5th clue.
Also, one other logic that does not follow in the puzzle is - when the 2nd person entering the room killed the person, why other persons entering after her spent so much time alone with the dead body without alarming or informing the authorities!!

These are clarifications of the wording, not really spoilers or hints.
You need to open the "Grid Solver" chart to see the times and all the items, because the clues don't mention them all.
In clue 1 - The wording is unclear about whether the person who "was in there for a quarter of an hour" refers to the woman who left a footprint or to the person who took the poison. It refers to the poisoner.
In clue 4 - The wording is unclear (at least to me) whether "last person" refers to the person previous to the speaker, or the final person overall. It refers to the final person.

I had fun with this, and had no problem with the wording at all. You just had to assume that everyone was telling the truth, not really a given in this kind of puzzle :) , maybe a mention of that in the intro? Like: " Stern Det. Panther would brook no evasion in this matter, so the suspects testimonies were as follows:" One more thing please, you've already written three more puzzles than I have, so you're way ahead of me there, I just did #s 1 and 2 first, because I thought I would need the answers to do #3. That is the way same title numbered puzzles work in magazines. Thanks for your work, and it was clever and fun!

Thank you JoshuaXD. Its my first time here so I did not know you need to use the 'Grid Solver'. As you said, without it its hard to solve, as clues are missing and you have to make your own timeline.
You are also right about the unclear wording as it makes you doubt what it means, but I think this is alright as for me this is the thrilling part in solving it.